Aghor Medicine - Pollution, Death, and Healing in Northern India (Paperback)

""Aghor Medicine" moves seamlessly between an ethnography of religion and medical anthropology. The stories of suffering and renunciation, of collective experience that turn Indian hierarchy and discrimination upside down are quite marvelous. The writing is clear and direct and the interpretations balanced and scrupulously documented. Barrett has written one of the best accounts on local traditions "modernizing" in ways that combine indigenous significance with globally crucial changes that react against health and social inequalities."--Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University
"Ronald Barrett's fine account of aghor medicine reveals essential characteristics of India's popular culture, and, since an ashram in California has an important role in the story, of American popular culture as well."--Charles Leslie, author of "Death Row Letters" (forthcoming)

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	December 2007
Authors:	Ronald L. Barrett
Foreword by:	Jonathan P. Parry
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-25219-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Promotions
LSN:	0-520-25219-5
Barcode:	9780520252196

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